Thursday, March 3, 2016

Call It What It Is: America Is a Police State

Over the years in my own articles, I have used the terms
“creeping fascism,” “growing police state,” and “descent into
totalitarianism” among others to describe the domestic situation in
which we find ourselves. I have often written that, if Americans do not
stand up to the myriad of laws being passed by federal, state, and local
governments we will soon wake up to find ourselves in an Orwellian
police state nightmare.Now, however, I cringe whenever I read those words in contemporary
articles. This is because such warnings are so far past their time they
are utterly useless. In fact, they may do more to hurt any potential for
change in American society than they do to promote it.These warnings work on the supposition that the U.S. is not a police
state yet but, if things do not change, it will become one in the
future. Thus, the readers are left with the impression that, while their
freedoms are being taken away, the police state is somewhere down the
road – in the future – and they have plenty of time to entertain
themselves until it comes knocking on their door with a uniform and a
bright flashing neon sign that says “ATTENTION!!! POLICE STATE!!!”But the police state is not coming – it is here.The United States is a police state.Americans may not be able to admit it to themselves but the military
soldiers parading on the streets as police officers, police-operated
tanks, and horrifying number of imprisoned citizens have spoken for
them. The number of Americans brutalized physically and mentally by
those who are sworn to “serve and protect” are speaking clearly enough.The relatively recent concept of “pain compliance,” “rough
interrogation,” and “rough rides” coupled with the long held tradition
but fast increasing commonality of direct beatings, shootings, murders,
and “on-site executions” by police in America have had the final say.
Since 2003, police have killed more American citizens than were killed
by “insurgents” in Iraq, a country whom the US invaded illegally and
subsequently imposed a reign of terror upon.The United States is now a country where millions of people are
locked away in inhuman conditions of confinement, the overwhelming
majority of them for crimes in which there was no victim.From the federal, state, and local levels, behavior previously
considered normal and innocuous is now mandated and regulated by a
tangled web of government agencies. Of course, any disagreement or
defiance of those mandates will result in a clash from the militarized
police forces mentioned above and an eventual confinement to a cage
where the offender is treated like an animal at best.In the United States of 2016, children are regularly removed from
parents by the State simply because of the parents’ economic status,
political beliefs, or methods of upbringing. Surely no country that
imprisons as many people as America, “enforces” oppressive law with
military-style troops, and snatches children away from loving homes
simply because those homes are not the ideal model of what the state
desires can be called a free country.With the recent increase of PC fascism enveloping the nation, even
free speech and expression, no matter how ineffectual, is becoming
regularly silenced by the long arm of the law.Children are being routinely arrested for acting out in elementary
school while citizens learn that their first “duty” in America is to
“obey” police authority lest they be subject to brutal takedowns,
torture, and possibly death.This is the America many warned about years ago when they protested
the militarization of police but were met with responses citing “officer
safety” and “growing crime rates.” It is the America they warned about
when they opposed the drug war but were met with programmed responses of
a “drug-addicted youth” and “drug-related crimes.” It is the America
many could see coming a mile away when the State-sponsored threat of
terrorism was used to justify any and all means of “keeping us safe” and
providing “security” to the frightened citizens of the world empire.Those warnings were ignored and now we have the result.It is now time to call the United States what it is – a police state.Brandon Turbeville – article archive here – is the author of seven books, Codex Alimentarius — The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1and volume 2, The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria, and The Difference it Makes: 36 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President.
Turbeville has published over 650 articles dealing on a wide variety of
subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil
liberties. Brandon Turbeville’s radio show Truth on The Tracks can be
found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. His website is BrandonTurbeville.com He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.